We had to put down our cat today.
She was with us for 15 years — since before we were married, through 5 apartments, 3 cities, and 2 countries.
Pets are a part of our lives.
For them, we are their whole life.
Pet yours. Tell them you love them.
She was with us for 15 years — since before we were married, through 5 apartments, 3 cities, and 2 countries.
Pets are a part of our lives.
For them, we are their whole life.
Pet yours. Tell them you love them.
January 21, 2026 at 9:37 PM
We had to put down our cat today.
She was with us for 15 years — since before we were married, through 5 apartments, 3 cities, and 2 countries.
Pets are a part of our lives.
For them, we are their whole life.
Pet yours. Tell them you love them.
She was with us for 15 years — since before we were married, through 5 apartments, 3 cities, and 2 countries.
Pets are a part of our lives.
For them, we are their whole life.
Pet yours. Tell them you love them.
It’s only Kubernetes if it’s from the French region of Kuberne.
Otherwise, it’s just sparkling container orchestration.
Otherwise, it’s just sparkling container orchestration.
January 16, 2026 at 7:53 PM
It’s only Kubernetes if it’s from the French region of Kuberne.
Otherwise, it’s just sparkling container orchestration.
Otherwise, it’s just sparkling container orchestration.
There’s a fairly common framework to explain engineering seniority:
- With juniors, you talk about how
“Go to index.html, find the button tag, change the color to #D0312D.”
- With mids, you talk about what
“Change the CTA button on the landing page to red.”
- With juniors, you talk about how
“Go to index.html, find the button tag, change the color to #D0312D.”
- With mids, you talk about what
“Change the CTA button on the landing page to red.”
January 12, 2026 at 5:19 PM
There’s a fairly common framework to explain engineering seniority:
- With juniors, you talk about how
“Go to index.html, find the button tag, change the color to #D0312D.”
- With mids, you talk about what
“Change the CTA button on the landing page to red.”
- With juniors, you talk about how
“Go to index.html, find the button tag, change the color to #D0312D.”
- With mids, you talk about what
“Change the CTA button on the landing page to red.”
As a kid in Ukraine, −25°C meant schools were closed and we were free to go sledding.
Outside. Happily.
Twenty years later, −6°C in Berlin and I’m negotiating with myself just to leave the house.
Aging is not the upgrade I was promised.
Outside. Happily.
Twenty years later, −6°C in Berlin and I’m negotiating with myself just to leave the house.
Aging is not the upgrade I was promised.
January 8, 2026 at 10:52 AM
As a kid in Ukraine, −25°C meant schools were closed and we were free to go sledding.
Outside. Happily.
Twenty years later, −6°C in Berlin and I’m negotiating with myself just to leave the house.
Aging is not the upgrade I was promised.
Outside. Happily.
Twenty years later, −6°C in Berlin and I’m negotiating with myself just to leave the house.
Aging is not the upgrade I was promised.
We’re hiring experienced Engineering Managers at Pliant.
Multiple domains, including customer onboarding and platform infrastructure.
We value clarity over ceremony.
If you enjoy enabling strong engineers and keeping teams fast as they scale — let’s talk.
pliant.bamboohr.com/careers/225
Multiple domains, including customer onboarding and platform infrastructure.
We value clarity over ceremony.
If you enjoy enabling strong engineers and keeping teams fast as they scale — let’s talk.
pliant.bamboohr.com/careers/225
Engineering Manager *EU/UK remote* (m/f/d)
About Us Pliant is a European fintech specializing in B2B payment solutions. Our modular, API-first platform helps businesses streamline spending, improve cash flow, and integrate payments into their…
pliant.bamboohr.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:19 PM
We’re hiring experienced Engineering Managers at Pliant.
Multiple domains, including customer onboarding and platform infrastructure.
We value clarity over ceremony.
If you enjoy enabling strong engineers and keeping teams fast as they scale — let’s talk.
pliant.bamboohr.com/careers/225
Multiple domains, including customer onboarding and platform infrastructure.
We value clarity over ceremony.
If you enjoy enabling strong engineers and keeping teams fast as they scale — let’s talk.
pliant.bamboohr.com/careers/225
Took my first almost-three-week vacation in 5.5 years at Pliant.
The company survived without me.
Achievement unlocked.
Back to being indispensable.
The company survived without me.
Achievement unlocked.
Back to being indispensable.
December 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Took my first almost-three-week vacation in 5.5 years at Pliant.
The company survived without me.
Achievement unlocked.
Back to being indispensable.
The company survived without me.
Achievement unlocked.
Back to being indispensable.
Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating.
Hope you get at least one day this year without alerts, incidents, or Slack pings.
Enjoy the peace while it lasts.
Hope you get at least one day this year without alerts, incidents, or Slack pings.
Enjoy the peace while it lasts.
December 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating.
Hope you get at least one day this year without alerts, incidents, or Slack pings.
Enjoy the peace while it lasts.
Hope you get at least one day this year without alerts, incidents, or Slack pings.
Enjoy the peace while it lasts.
2025 feels like the moment Pliant crossed from startup into scale-up territory.
We still have to move quickly, but the luxury of breaking things at startup scale is gone.
We still have to move quickly, but the luxury of breaking things at startup scale is gone.
December 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
2025 feels like the moment Pliant crossed from startup into scale-up territory.
We still have to move quickly, but the luxury of breaking things at startup scale is gone.
We still have to move quickly, but the luxury of breaking things at startup scale is gone.
Finally had time on vacation to watch both seasons of Andor and rewatch Rogue One.
Star Wars is a fairy tale, but I’d take more fairy tales where good guys betray, bad guys love, and totalitarianism is actually explained.
Star Wars is a fairy tale, but I’d take more fairy tales where good guys betray, bad guys love, and totalitarianism is actually explained.
December 20, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Finally had time on vacation to watch both seasons of Andor and rewatch Rogue One.
Star Wars is a fairy tale, but I’d take more fairy tales where good guys betray, bad guys love, and totalitarianism is actually explained.
Star Wars is a fairy tale, but I’d take more fairy tales where good guys betray, bad guys love, and totalitarianism is actually explained.
Life goal: to wake up every day because my body is ready, not because a piece of plastic is yelling at me.
December 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Life goal: to wake up every day because my body is ready, not because a piece of plastic is yelling at me.
Remote work didn’t break communication. It revealed who never communicated in the first place.
December 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Remote work didn’t break communication. It revealed who never communicated in the first place.
The best way to unblock your team is to stop being the blocker.
December 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The best way to unblock your team is to stop being the blocker.
Being a leader is mostly choosing between two bad options and hoping no one notices.
December 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Being a leader is mostly choosing between two bad options and hoping no one notices.
Uptime is expensive. Downtime is more expensive. Choose your pain.
December 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Uptime is expensive. Downtime is more expensive. Choose your pain.
The easiest way to break a system is to fix the part you don’t fully understand.
December 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The easiest way to break a system is to fix the part you don’t fully understand.
AI won’t replace developers. It’ll replace their excuses.
December 13, 2025 at 7:58 AM
AI won’t replace developers. It’ll replace their excuses.
Delegation is easy. Trusting the result is the hard part.
December 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Delegation is easy. Trusting the result is the hard part.
If your incident review ends with “we should communicate better,” congratulations — you’ve learned nothing.
December 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
If your incident review ends with “we should communicate better,” congratulations — you’ve learned nothing.
Code doesn’t rot. Requirements do.
December 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Code doesn’t rot. Requirements do.
Most tech debt isn’t inherited. It’s self-inflicted, with love and optimism.
December 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Most tech debt isn’t inherited. It’s self-inflicted, with love and optimism.
Winter running is 10% cardio, 90% convincing yourself you’re not being stupid.
December 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Winter running is 10% cardio, 90% convincing yourself you’re not being stupid.
If you don’t drink and don’t have kids, Christmas markets are basically just expensive street food in bad weather.
December 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM
If you don’t drink and don’t have kids, Christmas markets are basically just expensive street food in bad weather.
The most dangerous phrase in tech right now: ‘just let the AI handle it.’
December 6, 2025 at 7:58 AM
The most dangerous phrase in tech right now: ‘just let the AI handle it.’
Happy about Netflix acquiring Warner Bros — it means I might finally watch HBO shows in Germany without enduring the misery that is the WOW app.
December 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Happy about Netflix acquiring Warner Bros — it means I might finally watch HBO shows in Germany without enduring the misery that is the WOW app.
The real risk of AI isn’t job loss — it’s confidence without competence.
December 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The real risk of AI isn’t job loss — it’s confidence without competence.